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'Europe's housing crisis is a democratic time bomb'
'Europe's housing crisis is a democratic time bomb'
Young people across many European regions are struggling to access decent housing, observes Marie Charrel in her column. The difficulties and frustrations this causes have clear political consequences.
www.lemonde.fr
January 30, 2026 at 12:13 AM
'Europe's housing crisis is a democratic time bomb'
This lad was ahead of his time
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This lad was ahead of his time
#speirgorm
#speirgorm
In fairness that’s a pretty quick turnaround to get the flooding added.
Dublin City Council’s new logo revealed after more than €44,000 spent on redesign https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/dublin-city-councils-new-logo-revealed-after-more-than-44000-spent-on-redesign/a915897888.html #dublin #mastodaoine #speirghorm
Dublin City Council’s new logo revealed after more than €44,000 spent on redesign
Following a spend of more than €44,500 on consultants and design teams by Dublin City Council, the Irish Independent can reveal the authority’s new logo.
www.independent.ie
January 28, 2026 at 11:50 AM
In fairness that’s a pretty quick turnaround to get the flooding added.
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#SpeirGorm #SpeirGhoirm #Ireland #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #JusticeForPalestine
Please go and sign this EU Citizens Directive petition.
Please go and sign this EU Citizens Directive petition.
Sharing again, because we still haven't passed the threshold.
We are at 77%.
This petition is really important. Sign, share and make sure others sign, please. 🙏
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public
#Speirgorm #Speirghorm
#JusticeForPalestine
We are at 77%.
This petition is really important. Sign, share and make sure others sign, please. 🙏
eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public
#Speirgorm #Speirghorm
#JusticeForPalestine
January 28, 2026 at 1:08 AM
#SpeirGorm #SpeirGhoirm #Ireland #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #JusticeForPalestine
Please go and sign this EU Citizens Directive petition.
Please go and sign this EU Citizens Directive petition.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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ALSO - RTE etc. should stop reporting on Enoch Burke's every movement. Let the courts/guards deal with him, but putting him front page everytime he shows up at the school is what those headbangers want. Starve them of attention. We have choices about what to do!
January 15, 2026 at 10:18 AM
ALSO - RTE etc. should stop reporting on Enoch Burke's every movement. Let the courts/guards deal with him, but putting him front page everytime he shows up at the school is what those headbangers want. Starve them of attention. We have choices about what to do!
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It might be just me, but I don't think public bodies should be posting photographs of children to the 'makes sexual images from photographs of children' website.
Advocacy group questions Department of Education's decision to post images on X
Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) has asked what precautions under GDPR have been taken in terms of the posting
www.irishexaminer.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
It might be just me, but I don't think public bodies should be posting photographs of children to the 'makes sexual images from photographs of children' website.
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€FOUR. BILLION.... www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Data Protection Commission owed more than €4 billion in fines
Levies have either not been collected or are subject to legal challenge
www.irishtimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
€FOUR. BILLION.... www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Inflation since 2016 when the current ceo took over is about 25.5%. The price of a stamp has risen from 72c to €1.85 which is about 255%
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Yikes these price increases are incredibly steep. Will posting become extinct ? #anpost #costofliving #speirgorm
Yikes these price increases are incredibly steep. Will posting become extinct ? #anpost #costofliving #speirgorm
National stamp to cost €1.85 as An Post increases prices
An Post is increasing the price of both national and international stamps from Tuesday, 3 February.
www.rte.ie
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Inflation since 2016 when the current ceo took over is about 25.5%. The price of a stamp has risen from 72c to €1.85 which is about 255%
I’d you haven’t been following the story please read the Gist from Simon.
New Gist: The Abuse Factory
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I’d you haven’t been following the story please read the Gist from Simon.
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This is
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This is
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
1) flat wrong on the facts
2) flat wrong on the law
3) flat wrong on the impulse to shield a company from the consequences of its own actions in offering the creation of CSAM-as-a-service
This is the sort of morally bankrupt statement that should have its speaker be booed off every street
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Imagine if your house was burgled and you had to pay €100,000 to bring the perpetrator to justice. Nobody would think this is right.
This is exactly what the state wants to do when it breaks the law relating to the environment.
If you think this is unfair or wrong then read on ⬇
This is exactly what the state wants to do when it breaks the law relating to the environment.
If you think this is unfair or wrong then read on ⬇
Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Imagine if your house was burgled and you had to pay €100,000 to bring the perpetrator to justice. Nobody would think this is right.
This is exactly what the state wants to do when it breaks the law relating to the environment.
If you think this is unfair or wrong then read on ⬇
This is exactly what the state wants to do when it breaks the law relating to the environment.
If you think this is unfair or wrong then read on ⬇
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In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.
www.thegist.ie
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
Just a pic of Sammy high above the round tower during a lovely walk in Glendalough earlier today.
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
December 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just a pic of Sammy high above the round tower during a lovely walk in Glendalough earlier today.
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie
No to online surveillance
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
December 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie
#speirgorm
Anyone know of charity orgs that can accept One4all credit card type donations? Lots of people have them with a random few quid that could go to better use than being swallowed by the monthly charge when it kicks in.
Anyone know of charity orgs that can accept One4all credit card type donations? Lots of people have them with a random few quid that could go to better use than being swallowed by the monthly charge when it kicks in.
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#speirgorm
Anyone know of charity orgs that can accept One4all credit card type donations? Lots of people have them with a random few quid that could go to better use than being swallowed by the monthly charge when it kicks in.
Anyone know of charity orgs that can accept One4all credit card type donations? Lots of people have them with a random few quid that could go to better use than being swallowed by the monthly charge when it kicks in.
December 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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The Birds. Co Meath. #Speirgorm #Spéirghorm
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Birds. Co Meath. #Speirgorm #Spéirghorm
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The Govt have announced they plan to pass the Facial Recognition Technology Bill through the Dáil on the last sitting day before Christmas. They’ve also removed most of the safeguards the legislation had at earlier stages and widened the scope of use.
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Govt have announced they plan to pass the Facial Recognition Technology Bill through the Dáil on the last sitting day before Christmas. They’ve also removed most of the safeguards the legislation had at earlier stages and widened the scope of use.
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
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Coffee thoughts:
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Coffee thoughts:
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
Ireland is a polity where you can go and visit a Minister in a constituency office on a weekend to ask for help filling in a form.
The distance to/from officeholders is effectively zero.
But the distance for most people from *power* can be (invisible to them) huge.
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